--- title: The King will then do so, and there will be a great feast prepared o… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The King will then do so, and there will be a great feast prepared on that account, and also diversions of every sort to amuse the people; and in these sports,’ said she, ‘ask the King’s sons to play a game at cards with you, which they will not refuse. Who acts: King, wife, sons. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (King, wife, sons), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg540:8:31 # text = The King will then do so, and there will be a great feast prepared on that account, and also diversions of every sort to amuse the people; and in these sports,’ said she, ‘ask the King’s sons to play a game at cards with you, which they will not refuse. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 5 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 11 expl _ _ 10 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 14 cop _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 feast feast NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 15 prepared prepare VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 acl _ _ 16 on on ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 18 det _ _ 18 account account NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 also also ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 diversions diversion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 25 det _ _ 25 sort sort NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 amuse amuse VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 acl _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 34 det _ _ 34 sports sport NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 34 punct _ _ 37 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 38 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 conj _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ’s 's PART POS _ 43 case _ _ 45 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obj _ _ 46 to to PART TO _ 47 mark _ _ 47 play play VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 xcomp _ _ 48 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 game game NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 50 at at ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 cards card NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 obl _ _ 52 with with ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 55 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 59 obj _ _ 56 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 57 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 59 aux _ _ 58 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 59 advmod _ _ 59 refuse refuse VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 60 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | future | the King | diversions of every sort | | | then | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | infinitive | | a great feast | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **prepare** | participle | | a great feast *not said here* | | that account | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **amuse** | to-infinitive | the King *not said here* | the people | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus people=Experiencer | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | wife | | | this sports | | | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent in sport=Manner | | 6 | **ask** *speech: ask* | infinitive | wife *not said here* | | the King's sons | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent son=Recipient clause=Topic | | 7 | **play** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | wife *not said here* | a game | | cards | | with you | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent game=Theme with you=Co-Agent | | 8 | **not** **refuse** | future | sons *= son* | | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme | | 9 | **divert** | | | every sort | | | | | nom diversion «act transitive»: of=patient | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 540 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/32/) - ↑ back to [The Black Thief and Knight of the Glen.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/)